Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
51.72167, -0.364843044 starsWatford Road, Saint Albans, United Kingdom, AL2 3DS
Overview
The four-star Thistle St Albans hotel is a traditional Victorian hotel, located near Hertfordshire and is accessible via the Thameslink train from London.
Property has been tastefully transformed into a country-house-style hotel offering modern facilities.
Hotel offers 110 well-equipped guestrooms with air conditioning, Wi-Fi internet, complimentary toiletries, flat screen LCD TV and work desk.
Restaurant and bar at Thistle St Albans are perfectly placed for a light meal during the day, drinks after work or a relaxing dinner after a day’s shopping, sightseeing, or walking in the Chiltern Hills.
The Otium Health & Leisure Club is available to all guests and includes a fitness room, an aerobics studio, a hot tub, a sauna and a steam room. The large indoor swimming pool also has a spa pool. A beauty salon is also available at an additional cost.
Hotel have five further rooms suitable for board and team meetings, training sessions, presentations, interviews and private dining. All meeting rooms come fully equipped with air-conditioning, LCD projector and screen and wireless internet access.
Year renovated 2008. Number of rooms 110.

Located near London city and accessible via Thameslink, this Thistle property enjoys an unrivalled location in the heart of Saint Albans. Many of the city's attractions such as Norman Cathedral and Chilterns Hills are easily reached. Guests can easily visit the Maltings Arts Theatre and the Whipsnade Wild Animal Park near the hotel. They can also walk through St. Albans and visit the old market town or the Norman Cathedral.
Distance to:
- City Center - 3.9km
- Airport: London Luton - 17.0km, London Heathrow - 27.9km
- Train Station Harrow \x26 Wealdstone - 14.6km
- Underground station: Watford Junction - 6.8km, Watford High Street - 7.9km
- Bus stop - 100 m
Rooms
This quiet, unpretentious property offers a choice of 110 refurbished rooms, including 54 deluxe rooms and suites, all of them featuring the amenities needed for a comfortable stay.
Room types: standard double, standard twin, standard family (sleeps 3), deluxe double, deluxe twin and suite king.
All children under 12 years stay free of charge when using existing beds.
All children under two years stay free of charge for cots.
All older children or adults stay free of charge for extra beds.
Maximum capacity of extra beds/baby cots in a room is one.
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Dining options
Restaurant and bar at Thistle St Albans are perfectly placed for a light meal during the day, drinks after work or a relaxing dinner after a day’s shopping, sightseeing, or walking in the Chiltern Hills.
Dine in comfort in hotel recently refurbished contemporary styled Noke Restaurant.
Set in the heart of the hotel the restaurant retains many original features and offers guests great food and friendly service.
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| Internet | Wireless internet is available in public areas |
| Guest Parking | Free Public hotel parking is possible on site. |
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Guest feedback
Read hotel reviews- Well appointed, clean, quiet executve rooms and the breakfast was perfectly adequate and the staff accommodating.
- Good location just outside st, s a starbucks over the road is handy for breakfast and room at the back of hotel to take my dog out for walks.
- Our room was lovely, the barman running the bar did try his best and the breakfast was very good.
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| Check-In | from 2 pm |
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| Check-Out | until 07:00-12:00 hours |
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| Pets | Pets are not allowed |
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Getting there
Getting to the hotel by car is simple. From both M1 Junction 6 and M25 Junction 21A, follow signs for St. Albans, A405. Thistle St Albans is situated on this road, approximately 30 minutes drive from London. 150 car parking spaces are available at no charge.
If you are travelling by rail, take the London Thameslink service from King's Cross to St. Albans City Station. Then take a taxi to Thistle St Albans (5.4km). Alternatively, Watford Junction station is 9.6km away.
For those travelling by plane, take the Heathrow Express or Piccadilly Line from Heathrow Airport (34km) to King's Cross and then follow rail directions. From Luton Airport (24km), take the Thameslink train service to St. Albans City Station.
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Hotel St Albans Reviews
Guest reviews are submitted by our customers after their stay at Hotel St Albans
Average guest rating:
3.1Based on 40 reviews
- Dining 3.9
- Location 3.6
- Rooms 3.3
- Service 2.8
- Value 3.2
Individual guest reviews
Reviews are ordered by language and date with a maximum of 25 reviews.
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 3.4
Just dont stay here and excellent service. Pool and comfy room, the Staff were extremely helpful in advising the best restaurants in St, the facilities for business were quite good.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 4 Rooms
- 4 Service
- 2 Value
- 4 Dining
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 3.9
Great value sunday carvery, staff very helpful and well appointed, clean, quiet executve rooms. Good coffee in the morning, nice gardens.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 4 Rooms
- 4 Service
- 4 Value
- 3 Dining
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 2.9
The hotel is located a few minutes' drive from the m25 and has a large free car park, the staff are quite friendly and helpful. The rooms need a good clean.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 1 Rooms
- 4 Service
- 4 Value
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 3.6
All in all a very pleasant stay, clean, good staff and chips is reasonable for room service.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 2 Rooms
- 4 Service
- 5 Value
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 3.9
A good quality hotel in a good location, reception staff helpful and the bed was small and umcomfortable in the room, and was boiling hot in the room aswell. The food was excellent.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 3 Rooms
- 5 Service
- 4 Value
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 4.0
The hotel looks great from the outside and staff helpful. Comfortable well appointed room, excellent food and we liked the swimming pool facility.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 5 Rooms
- 3 Service
- 4 Value
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 4.2
Room at the back of hotel to take my dog out for walks and breakfast seemed to be dedicated to training staff to use the tills.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 4 Value
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 4.2
Nice convenient comfortable clean hotel, helpful staff and the service was good, food was good and our room was lovely. Breakfast was billed as traditional English.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 5 Rooms
- 4 Service
- 4 Value
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 3.3
A terrible disappointment as from the outside the hotel looks lovely, staff attentive and on the up side, the rooms were very comfortable and of a good standard. The vegetables were like bullets and the yorkshire's were very dry.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 4 Rooms
- 5 Service
- 1 Value
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 4.3
Excellent, enjoyable stay at the thistle and staff were friendly. The bed was also not the most comfortable i sat in and breakfast was very good.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 3 Rooms
- 5 Service
- 5 Value
- 5 Dining
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 4.0
Thanks for an enjoyable stay, be back soon and the bar and restaurant are excellent and the staff friendly.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 4 Value
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 3.9
The communal areas of the hotel and leisure facilities were all good, the staff were fantastic, the room was perfectly adequate, very clean and well maintained. The ' salmon' dish was particularly amusing.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 4 Rooms
- 5 Service
- 3 Value
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 3.7
Staff very helpful, good room service and very nice ambience in the Restaurant and the Bar. Great facilities.
Hotel very tired and radio 4 was the only one not available.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 4 Rooms
- 4 Service
- 3 Value
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 5.0
The staff were smart, polite and helpful, the Burston Suite was ideal and met our needs fabulously. The food was very good.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 5 Rooms
- 5 Service
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Thistle St Albans Saint Albans
Average rating: 4.8
The staff were excellent especially the guys in the bar really looked after us over the 2 nights, breakfast was very good.
My ratings for this hotel are:
- 5 Rooms
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